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Wilson Jaramillo

HRD
CUT Caldas, MOVICE
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Wilson Jaramillo is a human rights defender and the Secretary General of CUT Caldas and a member of MOVICE. He passed away from natural causes on 22 September 2013.

Columbia

HRDs in Colombia work in a violent and unsafe environment. They are subjected to threats, intimidation, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, physical assaults, torture, killings, illegal searches of their homes and offices and stigmatisation as a result of their activities in defence of human rights. The perpetrators of these abuses are frequently paramilitary groups, many of whom have links to the government or security services, or armed opposition groups. The continued frequent and severe threats and attacks against HRDs around the country contradict government claims of paramilitary demobilisation.